A review by diannel_04
The Holy Thief by William Ryan

5.0

A grisly murder of an American nun in a converted church in Moscow starts Alexei Korolev on a journey no one should go on. As a police officer in Stalinist Russia in 1936 he has to be wary of everyone, his co-workers, his neighbours and especially the secret police. I kept thinking how I can't imagine living the way people did back then in that place. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am looking forward to the next one, although I am a little disappointed that Vanya won't be in it.